Have you been watching any of the Regionals in the past few weeks? The Southwest Regional (my region) is coming up this weekend in Salt Lake City, and though I won't be attending, I am super excited to catch some livestream action and lots and lots of pictures of some badass people working extremely hard.
So far I mostly have just been stalking photos of Regionals from CrossFit tumblrs around the interwebs, and it is definitely getting to me mentally a little bit. In a good way. Last night we Read more [...]

Editor's Note: Brandon kept seeing all my "Fitspo" posts and decided to come up with a little something of his own... some FitsBro. And one last thing... Why is the first picture of Emma Stona holding a shake weight..? I am not on board with this... (Enjoy!)
Hey everyone, the BF is back with another post, long overdue. The "write a post every Thursday" idea I had months ago actually meant "don't write a post every Thursday," and even though its been a long time, I actually don't have much to Read more [...]

It is a pretty lovely Sunday here in my world. It's sunny and 60, and by tonight it is supposed to be snowing. Thus is early springtime in Colorado (holy crap, it's spring? yesssss!)
Anyway, it has been quite a while since I've posted some pictures of gratuitously badass-looking women who make me want to go out and be more of a badass, too. If you follow me on Pinterest, you have probably already seen most/all of these images... But if not, here are some of my favorite photos and quotes from the Read more [...]

This week has flown by. Duh, it's only Thursday, you are thinking. But tomorrow we are leaving at the butt crack of dawn to go visit my grandmother in Florida for her 90th birthday. She lives on Jupiter Island which is aptly name because it feels like a different planet full of senior citizens wearing white pants and driving golf carts (or is that all of Florida?). But I do kind of love it. Brandon has never met my full extended family so that puts a little extra spin on the weekend, but not as much Read more [...]

First of all, I am excited to announce the winner of the Gamma Labs Giveaway!
Congrats, Kourtney! Email me at theascentblog@gmail.com to get hooked up :)
Anyway, it's been kind of a while since I've done one of these posts, hasn't it!? Well, with all this talk about resolutions, I decided it was time to post a little extra inspiration while you think about your fitness goals for the new year!
If you follow me on Pinterest you have almost definitely noticed that I am just slightly Read more [...]

So, not all of this is very fall-themed. But today it is cold (like, mid-30's when I woke up this morning), and yesterday it was windy which means that the ground is pretty much covered with yellow leaves right now. I don't know about you, but on days like this all I really want to do is snuggle in bed with my dog (Brandon can come too if he wants, I guess). Luckily today is my day off after 4 straight days of WODs, but tomorrow I will be back in the gym at 5:30AM and I have a feeling I am going Read more [...]